Summary of this fic:

Molly Jones has just moved to Castanet due to her dad having a job transfer. Her sister, Angela has up and moved away to an island far away, but Molly and her parents have no idea where she went. This is a story about Molly and her new life in small town Castanet, growing up, relationships, and learning the true meaning of love.

I totally just threw that last sentence in there to make it sound interesting and to wrap it all up lol we'll see if it actually turns out like that hahaha X3

A/N

This is my first fic, so please don't be to hard on me :) thanks! Also I would also love if you reviewed! If you must critisize please use constructive criticism! Oh and i'm going to tell you that i have no idea how long this is going to be. I know the basic story line that this is gonna follow but i dont know how many chapters its gonna take up soooo we'll see! haha! I'm really excited to write this and I hope you enjoy reading it :D

Disclaimer

I do not own Harvest Moon or any of the characters used in this fic! It all belongs to Natsume!

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Well thats about all so i hope you enjoy!

Prologue

Moving

I've always loved school. I've always had plenty of friends, I was always relatively popular, I made good grades, and I always had my older sister, Angela, to stick up for me and look after me. Even when she graduated high school she decided to attend a local university so I wouldn't be so alone. She had gotten a scholarship to a university a ways away to participate in their veterinary program but settled for the local school so I wouldn't be so alone. I've never had a close relationship with my parents because they've always been so busy with work, so I've always relied on my sister. Being a vet had always been her dream so when she gave up the opportunity to attend the best school for that field I knew I would always be able to rely on her. Then things changed… My sister gave up her dream of being a veterinarian and moved to some island in the middle of the ocean claiming she "wanted to become a farmer"! This enraged my parents, and took me by surprise! My sister loved animals don't get me wrong, but she had never been one for physical activity. She was terrible at sports of any kind, she was clumsy, had practically no stamina, and on top of it all she didn't like being dirty. I have no idea what possessed her to move to… She didn't even tell us where she was moving! All she told me was she was moving to this damn island. And to add to the fact that my sister practically dropped off the face of the earth, my dad got a job transfer! We would be moving far away from the busy city to a quaint, sleepy little town called Castanet. This meant I would have to live in a new house, meet new people, go to a new school, where I would have to make all new friends. This presented a major problem. My sister was the reason I had most of my friends. She wasn't the prettiest girl and she was flat as a board but it wasn't her looks that drew people to her, it was her personality. Angela was loud, fun, energetic, brave, and always spoke her mind. I'm shy with new people and i'm terrible at first impressions and it takes me a while to warm up to people. But I had always relied on Angela to introduce me to people or at least give me a push in the right direction. I've always felt really bad for foreign exchange students… Now I know exactly how they feel…

So here I am in my new room, in my new house, in this new town. Castanet is nothing like the city. Its small and pretty quiet from what i've seen so far. There was a pretty good shopping district a little ways before the town that we passed on our way here though. The houses are really spread out and actually pretty big. Compared to the high rise apartment we used to live in this place is enormous. The yard is huge surrounded by a tall iron gate, there's even a little pond, and some trees that provide great shade and would be great for climbing. The place seems great on the outside but the inside... Completly BORING! Mom says we'll fix it up all nice but who knows when that will be. My room is nothing special either; white walls, white carpet. There's barely any closet space and one small window. And my furniture isn't all that special either, but it'll have to do for now i guess. So far Castanet has not made a good first impression.

As I sit at my desk spacing out thinking of all the negatives in my life at the moment, I barely heard the faint knock on my door.

"COME IN!" I shout.

My mother cracked the door open and peaked her head in before fully entering my room. She gracefully walked over to my bed and sat down. "Hi sweetie, how are you?" She asks softly.

'Terrible' I thought, but I refused to make my mother worry so I settled with a vague "All right I 'spose."

She gave me a sad smile before asking "So what do you think of your new room; our new house?"

'I hate it all! I wanna go back home' "It's nice. A little small but nice."

My mom sighed, and then I automatically knew that one of her speeches was coming. "Now Molly honey I know this is hard for you, but you need to know that it's hard on all of us. Your dad has to get used to his new job and co workers. But I do have some good news!" She said with a smile. "I won't be working anymore, so I'll be able to focus on our family more. And I hope you'll feel closer to me and will be able to confide in me. Now that your sisters gone…" She trailed off. She stood up and walked to the door. Before closing it she said ever so softly "Good night dear, don't stay up to late okay you've got a big day tomorrow. Love you so much."

Then it dawned on me that today was the last day of summer vacation. I start my first year of high school tomorrow. I stared at the uniform hanging on my closet door. I was dreading tomorrow! Then my thoughts wandered to what my mom had said. "I won't be working anymore, so I'll be able to focus on our family more. And I hope you'll feel closer to me and will be able to confide in me." My mom had always been about work and now she was making an effort to rebuild the relationship that she had ruined when I was a young child! "Ha! Whatever…" I Scoffed. I got ready for bedtime and crawled in my bed and clicked off my light. Sleep didn't really come just like I knew it wouldn't. I stayed awake staring at my ceiling thinking of every possible thing that could go wrong tomorrow.

What if no one likes me?

What if I'm not smart enough in their standards?

What if I embarrass myself by saying something stupid or tripping and falling?

What if I get lost and can't find my class for the life of me?

What if my teachers are absolutely evil?

What if I get run over by a car? (okay that one was due to a bit of over reacting…)

What if?

What if?

WHAT IF?

I worried myself silly being all paranoid! Nothing would go wrong. It would be just like school back in the city. Right? Maybe this is all just a crazy dream! No not a dream, a nightmare! Tomorrow I'll wake up in my old bed, in my old home, in the city. I'll wake up fix breakfast and eat by myself because my mom won't be trying to fix a hopeless relationship. I'll go to school and see all my friends and teachers. Things will go back to normal. Sadly this didn't convince me. I was stuck in Castanet. And no wishful thinking was going to change that…

Well this was basicaly just a Prologue/Intro type thing to set the story up. So once again review, review, REVIEW! :D I would love it if you stuck with this story I PROMISE it will get better!The beginning is just a little rusty :/ and if you do decide to continue reading i will be updating as soon as possible! I have no set writing scheduel but summers almost here so hopefully I'll be ubdating often :) Thanks 3